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After more than a year of planning, The Snug (2301 Fillmore St.), Pacific Heights’ shiny, new bar opens tonight with hopes of becoming the neighborhood’s go-to spot for beer, cocktails, and food ...

Loving Cup House Made Chocolate Sea Salt Cookie.

Loving Cup to franchise with help from La Boulangerie

Loving Cup , the Bay Area frozen yogurt outfit known for its made-to-order options is franchising, a business move being guided by the folks at La Boulangerie who recently invested in the company. ...

Mercedes Restaurant is closing after 24 years in the Financial District. It is located at 653 Commercial St.

Mercedes Restaurant forced to close after decades in the

When Kate Riley, Leanna Lewis and Janine Galligani bought Mercedes Restaurant in 1994, they had a simple plan in mind: provide the bustling neighborhood with a fun, low key lunch destination. ...

Director, pastor, and manager Shawn Gordon shows short ribs and chicken katsu plates at Huli Huli Hawaiian Grill in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, August 21, 2015.

Chronicle Food longreads: Stories to read on Thanksgiving

The holiday season has arrived, which means family, food and fumbling through awkward conversations about politics with loved ones you only see during the holidays. And whether you’re a frantic host or ...

Erik Anderson (front) will take over as the new executive chef of Coi. The restaurant recently earned its third Michelin star which came under Matthew Kirkley (back).

Erik Anderson to replace Matthew Kirkley in the Coi kitchen

It took Matthew Kirkley less than two years at the helm of Daniel Patterson ’s Coi to earn the San Francisco fine dining destination its third Michelin star . He has since stepped down from his ...

Mac McConnell, owner of the Midwife and the Baker

The Midwife and the Baker, little by little, opens up shop in

This Thanksgiving, the Midwife and the Baker, which sells Thomas “Mac” McConnell’s artisan breads and pastries at farmers’ markets around the Bay Area, is taking a tentative new step: Offering ...

Cheese Board plans to expand in Berkeley

Berkeley’s beloved Cheese Board is hoping to literally corner the market with its latest expansion. According to Cathy Goldsmith of the Cheese Board Collective , the shop will take over the ...

Christmas-themed pop-up bar headed to North Beach

New chapters loom in the story of North Beach’s 1707 Powell St. Once the longtime home to Washington Square Bar & Grill — and lately known more as turnstile for food and drink concepts — ...

Owner Binita Pradhan of Bini's Kitchen in San Francisco, Calif., is seen on December 23rd, 2015.

Bini’s Kitchen to open new SoMa restaurant

From a meal delivery service to a thriving catering business, from an Off the Grid stand to a Financial District takeout spot, Bini’s Kitchen owner Binita Pradhan has built up quite a momo-making ...

Charlie Palmer Steak opens in downtown Napa this week

Charlie Palmer says it’s time for people to focus on the positive when it comes to Napa. It’s a mantra the Wine Country restaurateur says he’s been living by for the last few months while ...

The curious ‘talking points’ put forth by the International

When it comes to restaurant openings in San Francisco, the more high-profile the venture, the larger the spectacle. In the last year, I’ve covered restaurant openings that included red carpets, DJs and ...

Smoked pork ribs at International Smoke.

Ayesha Curry’s International Smoke officially opens for dinner

As much as folks would like to see Ayesha Curry at International Smoke everyday, grinding away in the restaurant’s kitchen, shouting orders to line cooks while checking the quality of the meat as it ...

Ayesha Curry (left) partners with Michael Mina (right) on new restaurant called International Smoke which will replace RN74 seen on Thursday, May 4, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Ayesha Curry talks about her new restaurant, International Smoke,

Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina’s ode to all things barbecue , International Smoke, officially opens today in Mina’s former RN74 space. It’s the first Bay Area brick-and-mortar for the budding ...

People have dinner at Hawker Fare in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, March 19th, 2015.

Thai-inspired Funky Elephant headed to Berkeley from Hawker Fare

Supasit Puttikaew knew he wanted to open his first restaurant in the Bay Area a few years ago, but he wasn’t rushing to pursue the project. He was fine being the chef de cuisine of Hawker Fare ...

The Sprouted S+S nut loaf served with cashew dill cream cheese, mushroom pate, chimichurri, and sun-dried tomato harissa at Seed + Salt in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, January 4, 2015. Seed + Salt is a new breakfast-lunch restaurant in the Marina with vegan and gluten-free food, heavy on the vegetables and whole grains.

Seed + Salt to close Nov. 28

Chestnut Street’s Seed + Salt is closing at the end of the month. It’s been almost three years since Seed + Salt’s vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free offerings debuted in the Marina. Owner Mo ...

Adriano Paganini to open BarVale, a Spanish tapas restaurant on

When Adriano Paganini and his Back of the House crew grabbed the old La Urbana space in August , Paginini at the time said he didn’t have a concept in mind to fill the space, but he was confident ...

Ayesha Curry’s International Smoke to open Nov. 13

The wait is almost over , San Francisco: Ayesha Curry’s International Smoke will officially open its doors on Nov. 13. As we’ve previously reported , the blockbuster project is a partnership ...

A customer taps a cubby to get his bowl at Eatsa automated restaurant in San Francisco on Friday, Calif., on October 2nd, 2015.

Automated restaurant Eatsa scales back, closes Berkeley location

Even robot revolutions have to scale back sometimes. Eatsa, the San Francisco pioneer in restaurant automation, has closed its location in Berkeley as well as four others in New York and Washington, D.C. ...

The grilled Berkshire Pork at the Morris in San Francisco, Calif. is seen on December 2nd, 2016.

Esquire’s Best New Restaurants list names three Bay Area spots,

Three San Francisco restaurants made Esquire’s latest Best New Restaurants compilation, but unlike past years, this year’s iteration encompasses more than 365 days worth of openings. It’s a format ...

Chef Mouhssine Benhamacht restocks the fried chicken at Meraki Market on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif.

Stanlee Gatti opens upscale market in the Tenderloin

By Tara Duggan

The people of the Tenderloin finally have a place for French-cut pork chops, organic cantaloupe and caviar. On Thursday, event planner Stanlee Gatti and business partner Bill Grzywacz opened Meraki ...

1300 on Fillmore: Chef David Lawrence offers modern soul food in equally contemporary surroundings. Open for lunch and dinner, the menu includes oysters with green chile migonette; fried green tomatoes; black skillet fried chicken; and maple-glazed slow-cooked short ribs.

1300 on Fillmore shuts down [Updated]

The Fillmore, the neighborhood once known as the Harlem of the West, will see yet another of its few remaining black-owned businesses close. This time, it’s David Lawrence’s 1300 on Fillmore . The ...

Owner April Spears of Auntie April's Chicken and Waffles talks with customers on Friday, October 6, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Keeping the Bayview: To April Spears, expansion is preservation

April Spears can see it coming. Wave after wave of eager developers gobbling up land in the Bayview near her beloved soul food spot, Auntie April’s , and replacing derelict properties with apartments ...

Commis gets support in Oakland tonight with C.D.P. bar debut

It’s time for Commis’ C.D.P. to get to work in Oakland, according to James Syhabout . For the uninitiated, C.D.P. is Syhabout’s new bar whose name is an acronym for chef de partie, a nod to ...

The John Ash Restaurant is just off River Road on the north side of Santa Rosa. The Front Room Bar and Lounge at John Ash Restaurant in the Vintners Inn features a classy and clubby atmosphere in Santa Rosa, CA.

John Ash & Co. reopens this weekend

Ever so slightly, portions of Wine Country are searching for normalcy as flames that started sprinting across Northern California roughly more than a week ago begin to slow. For the Santa Rosa dining ...

In this photo taken Thursday, March 9, 2017, chef Thomas Keller, left, describes a dish to a server in the new kitchen at the French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, Calif. At right on the wall is a closed-circuit video screen displaying the kitchen of Keller's sister restaurant Per Se in New York City. Keller has just opened a state-of-the art new kitchen at his famed French Laundry after spending $10 million on an extensive renovation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Thomas Keller to close Bouchon Beverly Hills

For the first time in nearly three decades, Thomas Keller is closing a restaurant. The chef and restaurateur has decided to shutter Bouchon Beverly Hills at the end of 2017, bringing an end to his Los ...

Diners at Craftsman and Wolves enjoy an Afternoon Tea on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.

Craftsman and Wolves to shutter Russian Hill shop

Craftsman and Wolves has decided to close its Russian Hill outpost at the end of this week. The shop, which is located on Pacific Avenue, opened in 2015 , and was the second location for William ...

CHARMERS.16/C/11AUG95/FD/JLT - Owners Susanna Borgatti (left, standing) and Wally Tettamanti (center, with wine) exchange news and pleasantries with customers at their North Beach restaurant, L'Osteria del Forno. - 519 Columbus Avenue - PHOTO BY JERRY TELFER

L’Osteria del Forno closes after nearly three decades in North

L’Osteria del Forno ’s 27-year run in North Beach looks to be finished, at least for the time being. A note posted on the restaurant’s window says it has closed to facilitate renovations, which ...

Chef Melissa Perfit dresses the Butter Lettuce Salad at Hard Water in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, May 3rd, 2013.

Inside Scoop: The week in Bay Area restaurant news

Fire crews made progress containing the Wine Country wildfires over the weekend, increasing containment and slowing flames that have killed at least 40 people and reduced thousands of homes and ...

Restaurant community rallies to help Wine Country relief efforts

As the sky over Wine Country carries the smoke of numerous fires sprinting across portions of Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, initial recovery efforts are taking shape in the Bay Area, including a ...

Boccalone at the Ferry building in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, November 1, 2011.

Boccalone to close at the end of the month

Boccalone has been supplying the Bay Area with tasty salted pig parts for the last decade, but October 2017 will be the charcuterie company’s last month of business. According to owner Mark Pastore, ...

Sante Adairius Rustic Ales taproom in downtown Santa Cruz

Sante Adairius opens Santa Cruz taproom

By Esther Mobley

Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, the Capitola brewery whose saison beers have garnered a cult following , today opens its long-awaited downtown Santa Cruz taproom. Though just five miles from SARA’s ...

Trick Dog bar on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif. The bar is located at 3010 20th St.

Three San Francisco spots included on World’s 50 Best Bars

Three San Francisco bars were named to the 2017 World’s 50 Best Bars list. Two made the cut last year: Trick Dog and ABV , while the third, Tommy’s , is making a return trip to the list after being ...

At the Brown Sugar Kitchen on Mandela Parkway, the diners represent some of the new members of the neighborhood Sunday October 12, 2014. Twenty-five years after the Loma Prieta earthquake toppled the Cypress freeway and killed over 40 people in West Oakland, the community is seeing new life and energy.

Michelin releases 2018 Bib Gourmand restaurants for Bay Area

The Michelin Guide released the 2018 Bib Gourmand winners for the Bay Area on Thursday, with only four newcomers: Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Pausa in San Mateo, Playa in Marin and Royal Feast in ...

Andrea Ferrucci prepares to open the Dark Horse Inn in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

San Francisco liquor licenses begin to flow to restaurateurs

It’s a slow drip turned into a generous pour for San Francisco liquor licenses. After 78 years with no new licenses issued, the city will offer 30 new licenses to local restaurateurs over the next six ...

Foxsister readies to open in the Mission, amid questions and

Brandon Kirksey was a punk rock kid. A teenage, West Coast skateboarder. He listened to bands like Operation Ivy, Fugazi and Rancid. He loitered with friends, scraped knees and elbows at skate parks. ...

Co-owner Mu Chanma takes a phone order at Thoughts Style Cuisine Showroom in S.F.

San Francisco’s Thai/Italian/sunglasses restaurant has closed

Thoughts Style Cuisine Showroom — with its Thai/Italian fusion menu and memorable indoor sunglasses policy — has shuttered after almost two years of business at 139 8th St. All in all, it’s a ...

The new Rainforest Cafe on the Riverwlk. KEVIN GEIL/STAFF

Rainforest Cafe shuts down in San Francisco

Wave goodbye to the pastas and pizzas ... and the fish tanks, fake trees and mechanical elephants. San Francisco’s familiar nature themed-restaurant, Rainforest Cafe, abruptly closed its doors Sunday ...

Diners enjoy dinner at Saison in San Francsico, Calif., is seen on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014.

Saison releases statement regarding employee lawsuit

In the wake of Thursday’s Chronicle story about a lawsuit involving an ex-employee, San Francisco’s three-star Michelin destination Saison has responded with a statement. “Saison takes great ...

The team of cooks work plating dishes at Saison in San Francsico, Calif., on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014.

SF’s Saison restaurant accuses former employee of stealing

San Francisco’s modern restaurant scene is a transient place. Cooks regularly move from post to post, freely dropping their knives in one kitchen only to pick them up days later in another. Sommeliers ...

Robin Song’s fire-focused Gibson ready to open

Robin Song was a few wrist flicks from signing a lease for his passion project , Junju , a few months ago when he got a random call about Gibson. “It was literally pen to paper before that call ...

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Fresh roasted coffee beans as Anthony Azzollini's roasts coffee beans at Caffe Roma on Columbus Ave. in North Beach while customers go to his cafe to use free Wi-Fi internet access.
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Caffe Roma closes in North Beach after 20 years

There’s bad news brewing for coffee lovers in North Beach. After 20 years in the neighborhood, Caffe Roma will shutter its 526 Columbus Ave. coffeehouse. An employee at the cafe told Inside Scoop the ...

The interior makes the most of the brick walls and natural wood beams.

Shuttered Waxman’s allegedly leaves behind unpaid bills

Rarely does a restaurant like Waxman’s — a place backed by a celebrity chef and located on a historic piece of San Francisco property — close abruptly and somehow do so cleanly. This looks to be ...

Gabriela Cámara spearheads Mexico earthquake recovery efforts

The smell. That’s what chef Gabriela Cámara remembers most about Mexico City in September 1985 , days after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake killed thousands. The air was stale. Stagnant, almost. Weighted ...

Oakland’s Pacific Coast Brewing Co. to close in November

Pacific Coast Brewing , Oakland’s 29-year-old craft beer spot , known as much for its signature “whale ales” as it burgers and assorted pub snacks, is closing for good in in early November. In a ...

Tanya Holland, the owner of Brown Sugar Kitchen, a popular gathering place on Mandela Parkway, pauses as she works Sunday October 12, 2014 in Oakland, Calif. Twenty-five years after the Loma Prieta earthquake toppled the Cypress freeway and killed over 40 people in West Oakland, the community is seeing new life and energy.

Brown Sugar Kitchen to open in the Ferry Building

Tanya Holland is bringing her beloved Brown Sugar Kitchen ’s soul food flavors to the Ferry Building . She’ll be taking over the former Il Cane Rosso space and though the news is new, Holland ...

Ayesha Curry prepares for the taping of her CSN Bay Area show "Cookin' with the Currys" in the kitchen of her home in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

Ayesha Curry named the host of “The Great American Baking

2017 is shaping up to be the year of Ayesha Curry . The budding culinary superstar and (almost) newly minted San Francisco restaurateur has been named the host of ABC’s “The Great American Baking ...

The kitchen equipment is carefully sourced for energy efficiency.

Kitchen shuffle at the Perennial, as Anthony Myint and Michael

There’s a bit of a kitchen shakeup happening next month at Perennial , San Francisco’s ambitious , climate-minded destination, as a familiar face slips back into his chef’s whites. ...

Son's Addition at 2990 24th St. in the Mission.

Son’s Addition takes shape on 24th Street

In the latest 24th Street food news: a restaurant and wine bar called Son’s Addition is taking over the northeast corner of 24th and Harrison streets, a space that was formerly home to a family-owned ...

Sissy Silva arranges the floral decorations at the tables in Juhu Beach Club in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, February 14, 2017.

Preeti Mistry to sell Juhu Beach Club space

Preeti Mistry’s Juhu Beach Club , Oakland’s celebrated Indian street food spot which essentially put the Easy Bay chef on the culinary map, is closing sometime in the next few months. Well, to be ...

Nite Yun scoops broth into a bowl for the Kuy Tio Phnom Penh at Nyum Bai Cambodian pop-up hosted at Gashead Tavern in S.F.

Nyum Bai to open full restaurant in Oakland’s Fruitvale Village

From pop-up to Emeryville kiosk to brick and mortar, the story of Oakland’s Nyum Bai has entered a new chapter. The Cambodian street eats concept is moving into the former Half Orange space in ...

The Proper Hotel in San Francisco on Friday, June 30, 2017.

Proper Hotel’s Villon opens today, with Jason Franey at the

There’s something about running a restaurant in a hotel that, for a chef, is both liberating and constraining. Just ask James Beard Award-nominated chef Jason Franey , the man behind the menu at Villon ...

Freshly baked macaroons from Grand Bakery in Oakland.

Oakland’s Grand Bakery finds new owner

Grand Bakery lives on in Oakland with a new owner, a slightly new business model and the same beloved challah. Overall, the news is a reprieve from the trend we’ve been reporting on for a while now: ...

Attendees at the Mobile World Congress Americas at Moscone Center on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Dining is out as Moscone Center construction harms restaurants’

On most afternoons, restaurateur Kathy Fang could count on them to stream into the dining room of her eponymous South of Market restaurant: a group of video game designers. A handful of dentists. Titans of ...

BURRITO2/12APR99/MN/BW--Rupert Moncada and his daughter Emily stood in line for burritos at Casa Sanchez on 24th Street Monday. Moncada has considered getting a tattoo, but has not done it yet. By Brant Ward/Chronicle

Casa Sanchez named a San Francisco legacy business

Robert Aranda’s upper arm tattoo has faded with time, like most tattoos anyone gets in their youth will do. It’s the Casa Sanchez logo — a man riding on a piece of corn, a.k.a. Jimmy the ...

The bar at Stones Throw in San Francisco, Calif., is seen on Saturday, March 8th, 2014.

Stones Throw hires new chef de cuisine

David Zboray says he was looking for a new cooking outlet, somewhere he could control a little bit more after he left his post as executive chef at Bernal Heights’ Old Bus Tavern earlier this year . ...

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The City Beer Store, located at 1168 Folsom St. in San Francisco, CA, has a large selection of bottled beers for sale.

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City Beer relocating to former Coachman space on Mission

City Beer is on the move. After 11 years on Folsom Street, City Beer owners Beth and Craig Wathen are packing up and heading to 1148 Mission St., where they’ll take over Charles Phan’s former ...

Let’s talk about Doughp, San Francisco’s new cookie dough

In less than a week, San Francisco’s only hip hop-influenced cookie dough kiosk Doughp (pronounced “dope”) will open its first brick and mortar location in the Castro’s Myriad food hall . ...

Pantarei located at 431 Columbus Ave in North Beach.

Pantarei closes in North Beach; Il Casaro team moving in

North Beach’s Pantarei has closed (431 Columbus Ave.) after 12 years of business on the corner of Columbus and Stockton. But it looks like the prime slice of North Beach real estate won’t be quiet ...

The barbecue kitchen at China Live in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. China Live is the new ambitious restaurant and Chinese food emporium in Chinatown.

The Chinese tasting menu at Eight Tables will start at $225

When George Chen’s Eight Tables , the upscale restaurant above his bustling China Live food emporium , debuts next month , the tasting menu will cost $225 a head, in addition to a $125 pairing option. ...

A non-meat burger, made by Impossible Foods, sizzles on a skillet, during a press event at the Impossible Foods headquarters in Redwood City, California, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

Impossible Foods opens new Oakland facility

Today marks the opening of Impossible Foods’ new East Oakland plant, meaning that the cult veggie burger that San Francisco diners have lined up to taste will soon make its way to hundreds of restaurants ...

Kim Lien Nguyen in the newly remodeled dining room of her Tenderloin Vietnamese restaurant, Mong Thu.

Family-run Mong Thu reopens in the Tenderloin

On the last afternoon of her months-long break, Mong Thu owner Kim Lien Nguyen was almost too excited to stand still. Her eyes darted constantly to the tasks left to do. Signs to put up in the window, a ...

The Treasure Island Administration Building (partially seen at right) and the north west side of Treasure Island (left) is seen on Monday, May 16, 2016 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California.

More details emerge on Mersea, Treasure Island’s forthcoming

Treasure Island’s only full-service restaurant and bar will be called Mersea , and while it’s far from complete , that doesn’t mean we can’t take an early look at its “comfort casual” food ...

Guest Chef Kobe Desramaults of In De Wulf, preps for dinner in The Restaurant at Meadowood Napa Valley during their annual Twelve Days of Christmas guest chef event Dec. 9, 2014 in St. Helena, Calif.

Meadowood’s 12 Days of Christmas returns with star-studded

Back from its year-long hiatus this holiday season is the Restaurant at Meadowood ’s 12 Days of Christmas series. Without missing a beat, the 2017 lineup reflects the event’s ever-growing global ...

Visitors at the Palace of Fine Arts, on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. The Palace of Fine arts is one of the 39 stops on the 49 mile San Francisco drive route.

Palace of Fine Arts welcomes new cafe

It isn’t often a restaurant can quietly open at one of San Francisco’s most popular tourist attractions and not draw some attention. Especially when that location is devoid of food options, but at ...

The modern Moroccan food at Aziza is a standout in central Richmond.

An elegy for Aziza, a perfect San Francisco restaurant

I wanted Aziza to come back. Since it “temporarily” closed more than a year ago, the memory of Mourad Lahlou ’s singular Moroccan restaurant has only become more rose-tinted: a sultry, cavernous ...

Chefs Mourad Lahlou (left) and Louis Maldonado (right) at Aziza in the Richmond on Monday August 28, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

Aziza to reopen as Amara, a Moroccan-Mexican restaurant

Despite initial plans to the contrary, Mourad Lahlou will not reopen his seminal Moroccan restaurant Aziza (5800 Geary Blvd.). Instead, the Michelin-starred chef will open a new restaurant, to be ...

The exterior of Scend's restaurant. Cassie Nickelson, 80-year-old owner/chef of Scend's restaurant celebrating at her retirement party as seen in Emeryville, California on Saturday, July 22, 2017. Marshawn Lynch of the Oakland Raiders is planning to take over the restaurant sometime in the next month.

Rob Ben’s: Marshawn Lynch looks to dedicate his restaurant to

East Bay native Robert Benjamin was 25 years old when he was gunned down on Oakland’s 14th Street in December 2007. His best friend Marshawn Lynch was a newly-signed first-round draft pick of the ...

Ayesha Curry partners with Michael Mina on a new restaurant called International Smoke which will replace RN74 seen on Thursday, May 4, 2017, in San Francisco, Calif.

RN74 to close Oct. 7 as Ayesha Curry’s International Smoke

It’s officially last call at Michael Mina’s RN74 in San Francisco. Well, almost: A final dinner service has been set for Oct. 7 at the 8-year-old Millennium Tower restaurant. As previously reported ...

The head-on Shrimp at Hawker Fare in San Francisco, Calif., are seen on Thursday, March 19th, 2015.

Hawker Fare to see new life as Oakland pop-up

When it comes to Hawker Fare in Oakland, chef/owner James Syhabout admits he can’t let the idea go. Even when he closed the restaurant earlier this year, he never really made clear what he planned ...

Donato & Co. headed to Berkeley

Its been a few months since word got out chef Donato Scotti was moving into the former Advocate space in Berkeley. Now we have details on what’s taking shape. Scotti plans to open Donato & Co. ...

Pier 14 seen from Chaya Brasserie on the west side of the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California, on Monday, September 9, 2013.

Chaya closes San Francisco location

Chaya Brasserie has closed its San Francisco location after 17 years of business on the Embarcadero. Boasting beautiful views of the bridge, the once-trendy, once-pioneering Japanese-French restaurant ...

SoMa bakery L’Acajou to open new Oakland outpost

Seven years after opening his tiny corner bakery, L’Acajou , owner Matthew Roder is ready to expand. The South of Market bakery and cafe, which makes a mean cheddar-chipotle scone breakfast ...

Chef Tom Silargorn stir frys the sauce for the whole fried Tilapia at Lers Ros Restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., on July 23rd, 2011.

Esan Classic, the new Tenderloin project from Lers Ros, is

It's been two years since word first got out that Tom Silargorn , owner of the popular San Francisco mini-chain of Thai restaurants, Lers Ros, was planning a spin-off focusing on the food of Thailand's ...

Wise Sons business cards on the counter at the Wise Sons deli that will be opening in the Contemporary Jewish Museum on Friday the 26th of July on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.

Wise Sons to scale back at Ferry Plaza

A familiar face at the Tuesday and Thursday Ferry Plaza farmers’ market is bidding farewell. Wise Sons , easily the most recognizable brand in the city’s Jewish deli scene , will participate in its ...

An overview of the floating restaurant, Forbes Island, looking towards Pier 41 in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, July 1, 2010.

Floating restaurant Forbes Island sails off into the sunset

For sale: a beach, a lighthouse, a waterfall and an underwater 100-seat dining room. San Francisco’s only floating restaurant, Forbes Island, has closed for good following the retirement of its ...

Ron Siegel’s Madcap opens this week in San Anselmo

The stoves are fired up at Ron Siegel’s new solo restaurant, Madcap in San Anselmo. Friends and family dinners have been taking place over the last week. Reservations via Reserve are live today, with ...

Nazira, (left) a refugee from Afghanistan takes an order from Sarah Gregson at 1951 Coffee Company in Berkeley, Ca., as seen on Friday Feb. 3, 2017. The 1951 Coffee Company trains Bay Area refugees as baristas to work in their newly opened cafe.

Starbucks awards $63K grant to Berkeley’s 1951

Berkeley’s 1951 Coffee Company got a financial refill this week as coffee behemoth Starbucks awarded the nonprofit business a $63,000 grant to expand its barista training program. The East Bay coffee ...

Queen’s Louisiana Po’boy Cafe approaches Embarcadero debut

The debut of Portola’s own Queen’s Louisiana Po’boy Cafe at its new space on the Embarcadero is quickly approaching, albeit a little later than owner Danielle Reese might have originally wanted. ...

Del the Funky Homosapien, left, producer Dan the Automator, middle, Chef Roy Choi, right, demo a marinated rib recipe on the GastroMagic Stage during the 10th annual Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Saturday, August 12, 2017.

Q&A;: Roy Choi on introspection, comfort food and food festivals

Los Angeles chef Roy Choi is on a festival kick. Over the last five months, the man whose Kogi food truck essentially kickstarted a mobile food movement a decade ago has popped up at Coachella , the ...

The new Bayview Farmers' Market at Yosemite Avenue and Keith Street in San Francisco

A new farmers’ market debuts in Bayview

San Francisco has a new farmers’ market. The Bayview Farmers’ Market takes up just a half block stretch of Yosemite Avenue, starting at the corner of Keith Street. It is a joint, and temporary (for ...

Mister Jiu’s named one of the country’s best new restaurants

The accolades keep pouring in for chef/owner Brandon Jew’s year-old restaurant, Mister Jiu’s . The Chinatown destination was listed as #3 on Bon Appetit’s Hot Ten , a list identifying the ...

More details emerge on Wagyumafia and its $180 sandwiches

Hand-wringing over high prices is an increasingly common pasttime for folks living in the Bay Area these days. News last week about Tokyo restaurant Wagyumafia coming to San Francisco with its $180 Wagyu ...

Chef Thomas Keller, participating in World Master Chefs Dinner in Houston on Sept. 29, 2012, a fundraiser for the Harris Country Sheriff's Office Foundation.

Two Bay Area chefs named finalists for 2019 Bocuse d’Or squad

Fresh from winning gold at 2017’s Bocuse d’Or, Team USA is looking to tap back into the Bay Area talent poo l as two San Francisco chefs have been named finalists for the 2019 team. Jeffery ...

Overproof's new iteration is Este�Oueste

ABV’s Over Proof introduces new concept: Gin, Sherry and

By Esther Mobley

Over Proof , the bar-within-a-bar upstairs at ABV in the Mission, introduces its third seasonal concept on Thursday night: Este Oeste , a Spanish-themed menu focusing on gin and Sherry. Este Oeste will ...

Charles Phan, on Tuesday January 26, 2010, is the founder and chef of The Slanted Door, in San Francisco, his restaurant is one of the most revered restaurants in the country. Phan a Vietnamese native left his country after the fall of Saigon coming to America with his family with nothing. The dish nearby is a Seafood with Crispy Egg Noodle.

Slanted Door partners with Munchery for meal kits

In the latest episode of restaurants doubling down on food delivery services, Charles Phan has partnered his wildly popular Slanted Door with Munchery to provide ready-to-eat-meals and cooking kits ...

Adriano Paganini takes over Divisadero’s former La Urbana space

Adriano Pagnini is back at it . The San Francisco restaurateur has scooped up the old La Urbana space (661 Divisadero) and plans to flip it into new restaurant. The timeline for the opening is short ...

Server Lillian Wiggins offers wine to diners at CIA at Copia in Napa, Calif. on February 23rd, 2017.

Polly Lappetito leaves Ciccio to take over CIA Copia restaurant

After spending the last six years at the helms of Yountville’s modest ( yet lauded ) Italian-American spot, Ciccio , chef Polly Lappetito has moved on to the Culinary Institute of America, where ...

Ardiana opens tonight in Noe Valley

Sharon Ardiana is admittedly nervous today, but in a good way, she says. It’s the kind of nervousness a person experiences on a roller coaster before the first big drop. Happy-nervous is probably the ...

The Gangway, San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, being sold to Kozy

Once again, the sun may be setting on the Gangway (841 Larkin St.), San Francisco’s oldest gay bar. Based on a pending liquor license transfer, the Tenderloin gay bar — which opened in 1910 and began ...

Les Arceaux takes shape in Berkeley

The first time Alana O’Neal ate a Charentais melon, she was 19 years old in the South of France, holed up in a dorm room with her college roommates. Years later, O’Neal describes the initial bite as ...

Jonathan Waxman to open J Bird, an ode to all things chicken

Changes are en route to Jonathan Waxman ’s footprint at Ghirardelli Square. The chef’s flagship restaurant Waxman’s , which opened in March 2016, has closed for a remodel. While it’s ...

Wafyumafia, with its $180 wagyu beef sandwich, is looking to open in San Francisco.

Tokyo restaurant to bring $180 beef sandwiches to San Francisco

The same San Francisco food scene where a $400 meal at Quince once included truffles served on iPads may soon be home to a high-end Wagyu beef sandwich that costs $180. According to Business Insider ...

Michael Mina partners with Hugo Ortega for new Mina Test Kitchen

Michael Mina and Adam Sobel’s ode to coastal Italian cuisine via the Mina Test Kitchen’s recent Postcards from La Costeria will host its final dinner service on Saturday, Aug. 5, before pivoting into ...

This is the interior of Jardiniere in San Francisco Calif., Sunday March 29, 2015.

Traci Des Jardins talks Jardiniere, 20 years in Hayes Valley

Time in the Bay Area restaurant scene is measured in images: signs stating a place is open, notes on dining-room windows announcing a sudden closure, brown paper layered over street-side windows to hide ...

A look at the lines and food at the grand opening of Ippudo Ramen in Berkeley.

Long lines mark the opening of Berkeley's Ippudo Ramen

As evidenced last year with the opening of the first U.S. outpost of Mensho Ramen , Bay Area ramen devotees are not afraid to stand in long lines for noodles. With the grand opening of Ippudo Ramen ...

Bel to close after two years on Mission Street

Bel ( 3215 Mission St.), the Belgian gastropub on Mission Street in Bernal Heights, will close at the end of August while another project waits in the wings. According to Mission Local , Bel is going ...

Boxing Room, named after the building's box factory origins, uses the open space to capture a lively San Francisco vibe.

Barcino opens in Hayes Valley’s former Boxing Room space

Barcino , the Catalan-inspired concept from the folks behind Absinthe and Belotta, technically opened last week when it entered its “soft open” phase, but its formal debut in Hayes Valley came on ...

Nico to replace Bocadillos in Jackson Square

Three days after Bocadillos ended its 13-year run , we have word on what's taking its place at Jackson Square: Nico , the critically acclaimed modern bistro out of Presidio Heights. The ...

Drinks from Trick Dog's Rhymes with Trick Dog children's book/menu.

Trick Dog awarded World’s Best Cocktail Menu at Spirited Awards